N.Y. Penal Law § 245.11: Public display of offensive sexual material

§ 245.11 Public display of offensive sexual material.

A person is guilty of public display of offensive sexual material

when, with knowledge of its character and content, he displays or

permits to be displayed in or on any window, showcase, newsstand,

display rack, wall, door, billboard, display board, viewing screen,

moving picture screen, marquee or similar place, in such manner that the

display is easily visible from or in any: public street, sidewalk or

thoroughfare; transportation facility; or any place accessible to

members of the public without fee or other limit or condition of

admission such as a minimum age requirement and including but not

limited to schools, places of amusement, parks and playgrounds but

excluding rooms or apartments designed for actual residence; any

pictorial, three-dimensional or other visual representation of a person

or a portion of the human body that predominantly appeals to prurient

interest in sex, and that:

(a) depicts nudity, or actual or simulated sexual conduct or

sado-masochistic abuse; or

(b) depicts or appears to depict nudity, or actual or simulated sexual

conduct or sado-masochistic abuse, with the area of the male or female

subject's unclothed or apparently unclothed genitals, pubic area or

buttocks, or of the female subject's unclothed or apparently unclothed

breast, obscured by a covering or mark placed or printed on or in front

of the material displayed, or obscured or altered in any other manner.

Public display of offensive sexual material is a Class A misdemeanor.